Rule pocket



Cv. R. WOOD'.

RULE POCKET.

APPLICATmN nLmsEPT. 25'. 1,920.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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omiso STATES CHARLES R; WOOD, OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

RULE POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Batentgd Feb, 28., 1922,`

Application filed September 25, 1920. Serial No. 412,764.

i To all whom t concern.-

Be it knownf that I, Cri-Annes R. Woon, a citizen oi ,the United States, residing at Fargo, inthe v'county kof Cass and' State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and .useful Imvrovernents in Rule Pockets, of whicllit-he following is a speciiication, referen'e lo'eing had'to 'the accompanying draw- Y the oldi style of rule pockets for meohan'icsfoweralls, the-rule 'or other article may easily yril' out, .and when the rule or other Y smlallrtfis diiii'cult to extract the Furthermore, the flap of the 'old style pocket fre'uently outwardly projects, therefore, it 'wiill'catoh 'on protuberances which mlyhei-in its path.

"n the 'present invention the above disadvantages fare overcome, providing a pocket from which the rule or other article may be easily extracted and wherein the flap or the likeis eliminated, avoiding catching on any projecting object. Also the rlule cannot easily fall out` as the opening to the pocket is constructed to hold the rul'etherein securely.

The invention has 'for its purpose to provide a rule pocket having on its exterior, a double pencil pocket for the accommodation offdifferent lengths or' pencils.

A further object is to provide a rule pocket, wherein the flap (which Vis con structed asnot to project outwardly as in the present instance) is dispensed with, as well as the double pencil pocket, hence cheapeningand'simplifying the construction yof the Chet.

VV-hile the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result of a rca duction ofthe invention to a more practical form for l'commercial purposes, the invention mayy be l'susceptible of changes, and the lright to these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope offwhat claimed.

Theinvention comprises further features and combi-nation "of parts, as will be hereinafter 'set vforth, shown .in the drawings and claimed.

ln the drawings y Figurel is a view of 'a fragmentary portion of a mechanics garment, showing the application of the improved rule ypocket and thefsameiconstructed in accordance with .the invention',

, Figure 2 is a vertical sectional ,vi-ew online 2 2 of Figure l, Figure 3 is a ver-tical sectional view on line of Figure l, y Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view 'on line 4 4 of Figure l,

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view 'on line 5 5 of Figure 1, l

Figure 6 is a view in elevation. of 'the inner face of a portion of the. garment, showing the pocket applied, and rillustrating a portion of the mat'erial'o the garment cutaway, thereby illustrating the interior of pocket and the manner or foldiilgthe edges of the opening to the pocket, Figure 7 isa view in elevation y'of a por-r tion of a mechanics garment,- 'showing a modified 'form of rule pocket constru'ctedin' accordance with the invention and applied thereto, n n Figure 8 is a sectional view on line 8 8 of Figure 7, and Y Figure 9 isa transverse sectional view on line 9 9 of Figure?.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a portion of a garment which may be constructed of any suitable material and 2 de notes a piece of similar fabric y which is stitched vat 3 'to 'the garment 1. This piece of fabric 2 may ybe any length and' width, sulfficient to accommodate the length of a foldable rule. This piece of fabric 2 forms the exterior wall of the pocket and 'is made wider at the top than at the bottom, in order to hold the 4rule more securely within the pocket when the mechanic is in a hendingor stooping posture. The exteriorwall or fabric piece 2 of the pocket has an opening 4, to-permit access to the interiorofv the pocket: In order to form this opening, theex'terior piece is slitted at a point substantially 'midway its upper and lower ends, and Aone edge of the slit is whipped withv a buttonhole stitch, as indicated at A5. The 'exterior wall or fabric piece 2 is then Slitte'd vertically iupwardlv from the transverse slit, after which the edge portions 'of the verticali slit are folded back andare stitched: as shown at 6,. as shown clearly in Figure 6 of the drawing. It will be notedy that the opening 4 fis substantially Vy-shaped, so `as to permit of a ready insertion and removal of the rule 'or other article. The exterior wall or fabric piece `2 ofthe pocket, before. it Tis Stitched to the garment has its-marginal edge portion CTX Cir

underturned,so as to present a neat appearance from the exterior. Arranged tra-ns versely of the pocket immediately adj acent the lower end of the opening et is a trans versely disposed piece of fabric 7. This transverse ypiece of fabric iscut away to conform to the opening 4r, as indicated at' 8,

and the lower edge ofthe cut away portion is also whipped-stitched by the stitches 5. The vertical edge portions of the cut away portion 8 are engaged under the folded edge portions of thc vertical slit, portions of the stitches 6 acting to hold the transverse piece of fabric 7 in position. Also, `as shown clearly in Figure 5, the side. edges of the transverse piece of fabric 7 areiengaged between the underturned portions 9 of the exterior wall of the pocket, and the body of said wall, and are also fastened by the stitches 3. VThe transverse piece of fabric 7 causes to be formed a pair ,of pencil receiv-` ing pockets 10. In other words, pencils or the like may be inserted between the transverse piece of fabric 7 and the exterior wall of the pocket, while the rule or other article ma `be insertedthrough the opening 4t.

s shownin Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, a cover or flap` 11 is provided for the opening 4 to the pocket. Tovprovide this cover, the fabric constituting the cover is first stitched at 12 to the exterior wall or fabric piece 2, at a point immediately below the lower or wider end ofthe opening 4. The cover 11 is then folded upon itself, as shown in Figure 2, so as to obscure the stitches 12. The cover 11 extends from the upper forward edge of the exterior wall 2 of the fabric, in a direction towards the rear edge of the exterior wall 2. In other words, the cover 11 extends rearwardly a little beyond the rear edge of the opening 4 to the pocket. 'This cover is also stitched by the same stitches 3, which secure the wall 2'to the material of the o'arment, that is to say, after the cover has zbeen folded. upon itself adjacent thc stitches 12. This cover has a portion 13 folded upon itself as indicated at 14, and the folded part andthe body of the cover are stitched. as indicated at '1,5 to the forward marginal edge of the opening A., portion of the cover 11 between the forward upper portions ofthe stitches 3 and thestitches 15 is provided with a pair of transverse slits 1 6, constituting openings to the compartment between the`forward portion ofthe cover y11 and the piece of fabric 2, which is stitched tothe garment. This compartment is designed to receive pencils ofdifferent lengths. In fact, a pencil of'onelength may be inserted through the lower opening 16,.while a pencil of another length may be inserted through the upper opening 16. These openings 16 have their edges provided with button-hole stitches, to prevent ravelling of the edgescf thefopening, as wellA as rendering the openings more durable and more service able. In using the cover as shown in Figures 1 to 1- inclusive, the forward marginal edge of the opening i is folded between the fabric piece 2 of the pocket and the cover, thereby providing a neater and more practical construction. i

Then stitching the cover 11 to the fabric piece 2, the stitched edge portions of the cover are first folded under the fabric piece 2, after which the stitches are applied. This construction is shown clearly in Figure 4;

In Figures 7, 8 and 9 the cover forthe pocket is eliminated, otherwise, the construc. tion of the pocket is the same as that previously described, and illustrated in the drawings, therefore the parts of the construction shown in Figures 7 8 and9 are designated by the same characters as heretofore used. The invention having now been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a pocket for mechanics garments, a portion of a garment, a fabric' piece fastened to the garment, the fabric of the garment and the piece formin the-interior and'exterior walls of a poc ret to receive a rule,

said exterior wall having an elongated open-f ing to permit access/to the interior of the pocket, and a transverse piece ofl yfabric fastened between the vertical edge'portions of the outer wall of the pocket and the gar-r ment, said transverse piece being separable" at points between the forward and rear edgesy of the opening and the fastenin means. ber tween the exteriorV wall and t e garment wall, thereby providing interior pencil holding means. f f

V2. In a rule pocket, a portion of agarment, a piece of fabric fastened to the4 garment and having its upper portion provided with an elongated opening, said piece ofV fab'-V ric and the garment constituting the exterior` and interior walls of the rule pocket, said opening to the pocket being V-shapedV and having its' forward and rear elongated edges folded, and its lower transverse edgcpprof vided with a buttoirhole stitch, and a'cover secured to the upper exterior face of the fab; ric piece overlying said opening, said cover: having a double pencil pocket, for the reception of pencils Ofldifferent lengths.

In a vpocket ofthe kind set forth, a' portion cfa garment, a pieceof elongated" fabric fastened to theexterior thereof, the' piece of fabric and portion of the garment respectively constituting the `inner' and outer walls of a pocket, the outer wall ofthe pocket' near its upper portion having an. opening, cover fastened tothe fabric piece and'fover-y lying said opening, said cover having spaced openings, thereby permitting of the reception ofpencils of different lengths between the cover and a portion of said fabric iece.

4f. In a pocket, the combination with a portion of a garment, a piece of fabric fas` tened to the garment and provided with an elongated opening at its upper portion, a cover attached to the piece of fabric over the opening with one edge free, thereby permitting access to be had to the interior of the pocket, a portion ofsaid cover being attached along one edge of said opening, thereby causing a compartment to be formed between the cover and the piece of fabric, said of fabric adjacent the lower part of said opening.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 15 signature.

CHARLES R. WOOD. 

